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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Karin receive photographs from a young woman in China?
(a) The farmer who found her.
(b) A village near Jiangmen.
(c) The apartments surrounding the market.
(d) The market where Kelly was found.

2. What is the meaning of the surname "Jiang," given to the babies at Kelly's orphanage?
(a) Education.
(b) Light.
(c) Little.
(d) River.

3. What event are the Evanses attending where all the children are dressed as tigers?
(a) "Between the Two New Years."
(b) Dragon-Boat Festival.
(c) A child's jungle-themed birthday party.
(d) A Halloween party.

4. In an old Chinese proverb, what do people try to describe by touching one part of it?
(a) A tree.
(b) An elephant.
(c) An airplane.
(d) An ostrich.

5. What is the title of the British documentary about Chinese orphanages?
(a) "Abandoned and Unloved."
(b) "China's Lost Children."
(c) "Growing Up Orphans."
(d) "The Dying Rooms."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "hukou"?

2. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?

3. What common remark about adopted children from China is particularly frustrating to their parents?

4. Where does May Wong attend college?

5. Which of these things is NOT an identifying characteristic of Americans mentioned by May Wong?

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